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...marketplace. Sold by the Sessions Clock Co. for $19.95 and coyly named "The Lady," it is designed to aid memory and math in the practice of the rhythm method of birth control. Essentially, it is a calendar clock with refinements. First, the lady of the house calculates her shortest and longest menstrual cycles. After consulting a simplified table that comes with the instructions, she turns, pulls and pushes the clock's "cycle dial" until she has locked into it information concerning her period of probable fertility. At the beginning of each menstrual cycle, she merely sets the dial...
...clocks were sold across the country. The Lady is, of course, subject to the dangers of error inherent in the rhythm method. And it relies on the dependability of the information fed into it. Physicians warn potential buyers that they who are not sure of their shortest and longest menstrual cycles should keep careful records for at least a year before going by the clock...
...Sake. "I enjoy seeing the fellows again," beamed Terry, who walked out to the mound, threw 70 pitches and walked off with his fourth victory of the year, a 4-0 shutout. Only three Yankees got to first base, and the game mercifully lasted just 1 hr. 40 min. -shortest of the season. "I wanted to win," explained Terry afterward, "but I wanted to make sure I didn't rub it in." If he didn't, the ninth-place Washington Senators did: they promptly took two out of three from the Yankees. Manager Johnny Keane grimly declared: "Anyone...
...sleeping accommodations for two. Returning home, he married the granddaughter of John Jakob Astor, then the richest man in the U.S. His European polish might have seemed a liability in American politics, but he knew just how to put it to good use. Operating on the principle that "the shortest distance between a pending bill and a Congressman's aye is through his stomach," he installed a French chef in his kitchen and invited Washington's notables. He was a master of the graduated political gift; Presidents occasionally might receive a case of Madeira, while Cabinet members would...
...only thing wrong with last week's general election in Ireland was that it didn't solve anything. The campaign was one of the shortest on record -lasting only four weeks after Premier Sean Lemass decided to take his Fianna Fail Party to the country...